raffle

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A lottery in which a number of persons buy chances to win a prize.

transitive v. To dispose of in a raffle. Often used with off.

intransitive v. To conduct or take part in a raffle.

n. Rubbish; debris.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.

v. To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.

n. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.

n. Refuse; rubbish; raff.

intransitive v. To engage in a raffle.

transitive v. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A game with dice.

n. A method of sale by chance or lottery, in which the price of the thing to be disposed of is divided into equal shares, and the persons taking the shares east lots for its possession by throwing dice or otherwise.

To try the chance of a raffle; engage in a raffle: as, to raffle for a watch.

To dispose of by means of a raffle: often with off: as, to raffle or raffle off a watch.

For now ... know that a raffle is coming. $1 for 1 ticket, $10 for 11 tickets, $20 for 25, prizes ranging from custom writing to lunch dates to baked goods to Jayne hats to jewelry to tuckerizations and so much more ... and if you have anything you want to add to the raffle, please please do.

The executive council for Yuri's Night, The World Space Party, is pleased to announce the launch of a new fund-raising campaign at SpaceRaffle. net, the world's first long term raffle campaign supporting a space cause.